COVID-19-report, 5 February

However, there has been a slight upward tendency in the current week. It is therefore extremely important to continue to stick to the guidelines established by the University in order to reduce the spread of infection and in line with the decisions of the Swedish government.

To summarise the infection situation, as of 5 February there have been 534 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the start of the autumn semester 2020.

This figure breaks down as follows:

• 438  Bachelor’s and Master’s students (including 9 cases at Campus Gotland) – an increase of 4 cases.
• 11 doctoral students – no increase.
• 85 members of staff – an increase of 3 cases, including 1 case at Campus Gotland.

If you are confirmed infected, the Communicable Diseases Act requires you to inform people who have been in your proximity and whom you may have infected.
Uppsala University has created an online procedure to help you do this anonymously.

If you are confirmed infected with COVID-19, it is very important that you make sure to stay at home: do not go to campus, to exam rooms or to work – and keep up to date with the infection control unit’s rules of conduct.

Across the disciplinary domains

The 438 Bachelor’s and Master’s students confirmed infected are distributed across the disciplinary domains as follows (change from previous week in parentheses):

• Hum/Sam – 172 (+1) confirmed cases
• Med/Farm – 208 (+3) confirmed cases
• Tek/Nat – 58, no new cases

The confirmed cases can be linked to 235 different courses and programmes (different semesters). 90 courses/programmes have more than two confirmed cases.

Managing confirmed infections in education

When an infection is confirmed, the disciplinary domain concerned deals with the question of whether teaching should continue to be conducted on campus (if that is currently being done) or whether there is reason to switch to online education. Region Uppsala carries out contact tracing and contacts the individuals deemed necessary in view of the contacts reported by the infected person. The University has no responsibility for this process.

Number of cases in Region Uppsala and in Region Gotland

Number of people confirmed infected in Region Uppsala: week 02 (11-17 January) 689, week 03 (18-24 January) 697 and week 04 (25-31 January) 560. Number of people confirmed infected in Region Gotland:) week 02 (11-17 January) 83, week 03 (18-24 January) 57 and week 04 (25-31 January) 31.

Source: Public Health Agency of Sweden

Number of people vaccinated in Uppsala County

As of 4 February, 12251 (+2720) county residents had received their first dose of the vaccine and 2482 (+1919) of these had also received a second dose.